Vinciane Béranger, Dana Ciocarlie, Hélène Collerette, David Louwerse - Rebecca Clarke: Works for Viola (2022) [24/96]

Today, with the amount of recordings aimed at rediscovering the buried treasures of past centuries, it is difficult to ignore the work of Rebecca Clarke. Viola player Vinciane Béranger, along with Dana Ciocarlie, Hélène Collerette and David Louwerse, have devoted a recording to the Clarke's works for viola. Both a composer and a performer, Clarke was one of the foremost professional women in England. Her music, at the crossroads of various currents, navigates at different moments through French music, modality, British folklore, harmonic boldness and exoticism. There is, however, no pastiche: Clarke creates her own honey from these trends in order to construct a quite atypical language that is resolutely modern. From her masterly Viola Sonata to the poetic Morpheus, and not forgetting the trio Dumka or the duet Chinese Puzzle, the performers are keen to paint the musical portrait of this iconoclastic composer. The recording is enhanced with the world premiere of Irish Melody, a long lost score that was recently rediscovered.

Tracklist:
1. Vinciane Béranger & Dana Ciocarlie – Viola Sonata: I. Impetuoso (08:32)
2. Vinciane Béranger & Dana Ciocarlie – Viola Sonata: II. Vivace (03:34)
3. Vinciane Béranger & Dana Ciocarlie – Viola Sonata: III. Adagio (10:36)
4. Vinciane Béranger & Dana Ciocarlie – Morpheus (06:32)
5. Vinciane Béranger & Dana Ciocarlie – Passacaglia (On an Old English Tune) (05:10)
6. David Louwerse & Vinciane Béranger – Two Pieces for Viola and Cello: I. Lullaby (03:37)
7. David Louwerse & Vinciane Béranger – Two Pieces for Viola and Cello: II. Grotesque (02:50)
8. David Louwerse & Vinciane Béranger – Irish Melody (Emer's Farewell to Cucullain "Londonderry Air") (04:23)
9. Vinciane Béranger, Hélène Collerette & Dana Ciocarlie – Dumka (09:28)
10. Vinciane Béranger & Dana Ciocarlie – Chinese Puzzle (01:40)


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